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Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nylon cooking bags, plastic-lined cups can release nanoparticles into liquids

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nylon cooking bags and plastic-lined cardboard cups are conveniences many people rely on, but a new study in ACS Environmental Science & Technology suggests that they are an underappreciated source o...

Apr 23, 2022

Purafy to work with R&D teams at St. Lawrence College and Queen's University to develop graphene-based greywater recycling technology

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Purafy Clean Technologies, a company that provides advanced solutions to the world's water challenges, has announced that it is collaborating with teams at both St. Lawrence College and Queen's University on a project that includes of bo...

Apr 23, 2022

New miniature heart could help speed heart disease cures

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A team of engineers, biologists, and geneticists has developed a new way of studying the heart: they've built a miniature replica of a heart chamber from a combination of nanoengineered parts and human heart tissue.

Apr 22, 2022

Rice educates future leaders in nano-enabled cancer applications

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanotechnology is increasingly important to the development of treatments for cancer. But to succeed, clinicians need to understand it.

Apr 22, 2022

Nanocellulose Tagging for High Performance Fluorescent Microscopy

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a paper published in the journal Biomacromolecules, a flexible and effective two-step method centered on triazine and azide-alkyne click-chemistry was devised for fluorescent labeling of nanoscale...

Apr 22, 2022

Nanoplatform Integrates Effectively with Cancer Therapies

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In an article recently published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, the authors reported a nanoplatform (UCNP/Ce6@mMnO2/DSP-TFA) applied to treat non-small cell lung...

Apr 22, 2022

2D Material Nanocomposite Enables Ideal Humidity Sensor

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Research available as a pre-proof in the journal Materials Chemistry and Physics demonstrates the feasibility of using molybdenum disulfide/graphene oxide quantum dot (MoS2/GOQD)...

Apr 22, 2022

Deformation of hydrogel used to measure the negative pressure of water

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Water, unexpectedly, has the potential to withstand a massive stretching force or tension due to its internal cohesive force. Under extreme tension, the hydrostatic pressure of the water would display as absolute negative. The comprehension of suc...

Apr 22, 2022

Using melt polymerization to fabricate robust covalent organic framework foams

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Adsorption-based (e.g., gas or liquid molecules) separation technologies have shown unique economic and environmental advantages in specific applications. In industrial applications, ideal high-efficiency adsorbents require not only high adsorptio...

Apr 22, 2022

The physics of a singing saw

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have used the singing saw to demonstrate how the geometry of a curved sheet, like curved metal, could be tuned to create high-quality, long-lasting oscillations for applications in sensing, nanoelectronics, photonics and more.

Apr 22, 2022

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